Art

KS3 Art allows you to develop an extensive range of creative and technical skills and to understand more about artists and art history.

Art enables you to come up with new ideas, work independently on your own projects and build up examples of your work.

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Curriculum

	Year 7 Formal Elements	Year 8 Pop Art, Food and Me	Year 9 Cultural Identities
Aut.1	Formal Elements of Art-Tone Line Texture Shape Composition	Artists research Art analysis Design and layout skills in sketchbook Pop up mechanisms	Cultural Identity Pot design Line Tone Colour Pattern Design Research Narrative
Aut.2		Line drawing Block shading Pen rendering skills Lettering Onomatopoeia	Mixed Media Lettering Line mark–making
Spr.1		Facial proportions Tonal shading Mark Making	Collage Paper Pot Final outcome
Spr.2		Colour Line Applying Pop Art characteristics to self-portrait	Influential Individual Portrait Watercolour Tone Mark-making Collage Line Colour Research
Sum.1		Designing a block print Printing techniques	Tone Mark making Collage Artist analysis
Sum.2		Final outcome applying learnt techniques/skills	Final Influential Individual Portrait outcome Applying learnt techniques/skills

KS4 Subjects

Art can lead to lots creative subjects at GCSE including:

Career Pathways

In many jobs being able to think and plan creatively can be an advantage.

There are many careers that require creative and artistic skills including architecture, fashion design, advertising, media make-up and floristry.

BBC Bitesize website: videos of young people who are working in jobs that use art and design
Careers Pilot: example careers that this subject can lead to
Creative Industries: explore a wide selection of creative careers
Apprenticeship courses: Info on what an apprenticeship is and courses available